“The point is that nothing can be predicted, really, and so you want to be sure to expose yourself to luck too. Things can go catastrophically wrong, but they can also go so right as to be profoundly transformative.”
― Bright Young Women
― Bright Young Women
“How do I explain this wobbly feeling in my chest, the one that has existed since I was a child, the one that tells me not to burden others with the ferocity of my emotions?”
― The Witch Hunt
― The Witch Hunt
“If a secret is an act of love, truth telling is an act of trust. Of handing the very worst parts of yourself to someone and asking if they’ll hold them too.”
― The Witch Hunt
― The Witch Hunt
“But the world doesn’t respond to rage. The world wants sweet girls and fathers want sweet daughters, even if they did everything in their power to make them bitter and broken.”
― The Witch Hunt
― The Witch Hunt
“At birth, I’d come out swinging.”
― The Last Party
― The Last Party
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